[XeTeX] Page is "stuck" in A4 type

[hh]

If I remember right, during the installation of TeXLive 2009 I was 
asked if I wanted A4 as the default size. So leaving A4paper out, 
might not be enough. Try letterpaper instead.
hh 

From:	Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer at gmail.com>
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> Hello again, I have another (hopefully) easy to solve problem.
> 
> Preparing a curriculum vitae, I have used the template shown there:
> http://www.cv-templates.info/2009/03/professional-cv-latex/ (really nice
> template by the way, you should have a look!)
> I've made few adjustements to the template, mainly to convert it to
> letter paper (originally in A4). Seems simple enough. The original
> preambule was :
> 
> \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
> 
> %A Few Useful Packages
> %\usepackage{marvosym}
> \usepackage{fontspec}                                   %for loading
> fonts
> \usepackage{xunicode,xltxtra,url,parskip}       %other packages for
> formatting
> \RequirePackage{color,graphicx}
> \usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
> \usepackage[big]{layaureo}                              %better
> formatting of the A4 page
> % an alternative to Layaureo can be ** \usepackage{fullpage} **
> \usepackage{supertabular}                               %for Grades
> \usepackage{titlesec}                                   %custom \section
> 
> And I have tuned it into this :
> 
> \documentclass[10pt]{article}
> 
> %A Few Useful Packages
> \usepackage[francais]{babel}
> \usepackage{xltxtra,parskip}       %other packages for formatting
> \RequirePackage{color,graphicx}
> \usepackage{fullpage}
> \usepackage{xcolor}
> \usepackage{supertabular}          %for Grades
> \usepackage{titlesec}              %custom \section
> 
> 
> Now I thought that with those modifications (taking a4paper out of
> documentclass declaration, and also the A4 related formatting package
> layaureo), the produced document would be letter type. But it's not.
> It's still A4. Forcing letterpaper in \documentclass doesn't help. Any
> clue what package might be forcing A4 usage?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Other (maybe useful to diagnose) parts of the preambule :
> 
> %Setup hyperref package, and colours for links
> \usepackage[bookmarksopen=false]{hyperref}
> \definecolor{linkcolour}{rgb}{0,0.2,0.6}
> \hypersetup{colorlinks,breaklinks,urlcolor=linkcolour,
> linkcolor=linkcolour}
> 
> %FONTS
> \defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex-text}
> \setmainfont[SmallCapsFont = Fontin SmallCaps]{Fontin}
> 
> %CV Sections inspired by: 
> %http://stefano.italians.nl/archives/26
> \titleformat{\section}{\Large\scshape\raggedright}{}{0em}{}[\titlerule]
> \titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{3pt}{3pt}
> %Tweak a bit the top margin
> %\addtolength{\voffset}{-1.3cm}
>